Armenia's former first deputy prime minister Ararat Mirzoyan was elected as chairman of the new parliament. He was endorsed by 131 lawmakers. One ballot was declared invalid. Ararat Mirzoyan was born in 1979 …

Armenian President Armen Sarkisyan has signed decree appointing Nikol Pashinyan as prime minister, the presidential press service reported. In accordance with the Constitution of Armenia, the president …

Eric Chewning, the head of the Pentagon’s industrial policy, has been named the Defense Department’s next chief of staff. Chewning, 41, has been the deputy assistant secretary of defense for industrial …

The former head of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vladimir Norov, took office as the new Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. …

Russia's aluminium company Rusal appointed independent non-executive director Jean-Pierre Thomas as its new chairman as part of an agreed restructuring in exchange for the lifting of U.S. sanctions. Jean-Pierre …

The Dagestan authorities have decided on the candidacy of the Makhachkala mayor, the republic's head Vladimir Vasilyev said, adding that it is the head of the council of the Moscow's Basmanny district, Salman …

Alexander Yefimov was appointed as Russian Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Syria. The Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order was published on the official portal of legal information. …

Leyla Abdullayeva has been appointed as head of press service of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to a message from the Foreign Ministry. Leyla Abdullaeva has been working in the Ministry of …